Where does “radish” come from?

Radish comes from Middle English redic, from Old English redic, from Latin radice, from Latin radix meaning root, from Proto-Italic wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds.

radish (English): A plant of the Brassicaceae family, "Raphanus...

Definitions

  1. A plant of the Brassicaceae family, "Raphanus...

Ancestry of “radish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishradicheRadish
2Old Englishredic—
3Latinradiceablative singular of rādīx
4LatinradixA root; A radish; The lower part of an object;...
5Proto-Italicwrād-ī-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “radish”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Italic wrād-ī- →Every word from Latin radix →